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That kind of a ideas we need! +1(0000)
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n2
wrote on the 9 Jun 08 at 14:03
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This is what project websites are for. If you want more information than the Synaptic description provides, go to their website.
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Yeah? How many project websites don't tell you to "stfu, you're on linux, go compile. mac users, here's your .dmg, windows users, here's your .exe"? Not a lot.
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Auzy
wrote on the 9 Jun 08 at 14:51
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I agree with this idea. It makes it easy to rapidly go through the repo and find stuff you like.
+1.
Getting screenshots off a project website is silly, and in some cases, its a 5 step procedure just to access them
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Great! +1
But may be in another tab like 'More information about the package'...
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I think that Synaptic must continue to display a simple descriptin.
But the "Add/remove programs", which is really more for the big public should be more and more attractive with screenshots and demonstration, linked with the project page
This would increase the information in the bottom frame in the "add=remove programs" and provide more eye-candy info.
Instead of this, synaptic offers access to program and librairies which do not have GUI, so there will be no screenshot at all for these "programs"
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Liquen
wrote on the 9 Jun 08 at 16:23
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+1 for svergeylen comment.
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+1
great idea
I agree with svergeylen
I like this idea, but it only makes sense for graphical programs
this would only be benificial for gnome-app-install and adept
synaptic doesnt really need this
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uaneme
wrote on the 10 Jun 08 at 00:00
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if every package had a clickable link to start with that would already be a huge improvement
a screenschot on every package ...i think it would slow things down.
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for those who have broadband this maybe a good idea... because this will use bandwidth even when updating package lists.... because these images are needed before installation... and maintaining those screenshots is again a problem... I think other things are more important... a link to the website is a very good idea..
When ubuntu reaches maturity it will include software for all purposes in a default installation... making a complete operating system... then there wont be need for installing individual applications... the user just needs to tell what software he prefers and the system will only update those softwares and ofcourse security updates...
That is when repository based installation will take over windows method of installation ...click and run..
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Auzy
wrote on the 10 Jun 08 at 04:58
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I dont think they meant that they would sync the screenshots too fazillatheef. That wouldn't make any sense.
Instead, there would be just a way for APT to lookup screenshots, so they could be shown.
And ubuntu will never include software for all purposes in the default install. For starters, my car PC requires programs to access the cars ECU and such (OBD2 link). It would be silly to add that by default.
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tenplus1
wrote on the 10 Jun 08 at 09:35
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-1... Check the author's website... How big do you think the repo's will get when you add screenshots for every program... exactly!
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melhor
wrote on the 10 Jun 08 at 09:45
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@tenplus1:
I agree with your opinion not to put the screenshots in the repo's or even worse on the livecd.
But the information could be loaded from the internet (webservice or something like that) as soon as the tab "more information about this package" is opened.
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Great idea!
But... How to load this information? Store screenshots in package cache or .desktop files is not good idea.
I think Canonical should create software.ubuntu.com site with descriptions, translated descriptions, screenshots and comments. gnome-app-install should load this information from site or integrate to firefox "apt plugin" to provide "One Click Install" from web sites.
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macsim
wrote on the 11 Jun 08 at 10:17
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Why not propose to get more info, user click on "get more" synaptic connect to author website where a xml file (RSS Style) gives video/screenshot path on the web ?
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bobbo
(Idea reviewer)
wrote on the 11 Jun 08 at 21:15
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This would have to be implemented at the apt frontend level (Synaptic), to search for screenshots somewhere (no idea where) and display them.
It would be very difficult to implement this at the raw package level. It would mean going through every single package, adding a non-standard field to the packages control file and having a massive delta between Debian.
This would mean that it would be impossible to directly sync packages from Debian (like what happens currently) so every new upstream in Debian would have to be hand merged, which is a massive overhead of work for us developers.
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bobbo
(Idea reviewer)
wrote on the 7 Jul 08 at 08:22
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It would be possible to implement it like that, but it would have to be maintained entirely by a volunteer group (Ubuntu Screenshots Group) as the MOTU's already have too much to do. If it were handled like this and the dedicated group took screenshots of every application after every update, then yes, if it was merged into Synaptic, it would be pretty useful.
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@Auzy, for a moment I thought that link was real :(
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